The Charitable Countess

"The Charitable Countess" is one of nine short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the twenty-first Saint book The Happy Highwayman published in 1939.

Plot
Simon Templar engages in a battle of wits with a less-than-charitable society figure.

Television adaptation
"The Charitable Countess" was adapted as an episode of The Saint TV series starring Roger Moore and was first broadcast during the show's first season on 20 December 1962.